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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8169560 | Liquid crystal display and method of manufacturing the same A liquid crystal display with good reliability is provided. A pixel substrate 11 and a facing substrate 12 facing each other, a liquid crystal layer 14 sandwiched between the above-described substrates and changing an alignment direction in a re... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164700 | Thin film transistor array, method for manufacturing the same and active matrix display One embodiment of the present invention is a thin film transistor array including an insulating substrate, a plurality of thin film transistors and a sealing layer. The sealing layer is stripe-shaped and covers a plurality of the thin film transistors. The sealing l... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8085353 | Thin film transistor array panel having a pixel electrode including a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode connected to the drain electrode of the thin film transistor and a third subpixel electrode capacitively coupled to a coupling electrode extended from the drain electrode A thin film transistor (TFT) array panel for a Liquid Crystal Display apparatus (LCD) is provided. The TFT array panel comprises a plurality of gate lines, at least one data line intersecting the plurality of gate lines and at least one thin film transistor connecte... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8064003 | Thin film transistor integrated circuit device, active matrix display device, and manufacturing methods of the same There is provided an active matrix display device including a flattening layer formed so as to surround a source electrode wiring, a drain electrode wiring, and a signal line, so that the source electrode wiring, the drain electrode wiring, and the signal line form ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8045077 | Liquid crystal display device and fabrication method thereof A method for fabricating a liquid crystal display includes: providing an array substrate and a color filter substrate facing the array substrate; forming a gate electrode and a gate line formed of a first conductive film on the array substrate through a first maskin... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8004625 | Active matrix substrate with pre-charge components and liquid crystal display panel thereof An active matrix substrate is provided, which includes a substrate, a plurality of scan lines, data lines, pixel unites, and pre-charge components. The scan lines, data lines and pixel units are all disposed on the substrate. The pixel units are electrically connect... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7990485 | Pixel structure A pixel structure electrically connected to a scan line and a data line is provided. The pixel structure includes an active device, a first pixel electrode, a mean potential equilibrium circuit, and a second pixel electrode. The active device is electrically connect... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7978274 | Display device and electronic device An object of the invention is to provide a circuit technique which enables reduction in power consumption and high definition of a display device. A switch controlled by a start signal is provided to a gate electrode of a transistor, which is connected to a gate ele... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7973867 | Transmission liquid crystal display and method of forming the same A method for cleaning a hole in a layered structure having a planarized transparent organic surface comprises the step of exposing said hole to sputtered particles or plasma particles in the presence of a transparent protection layer which covers said planarized tra... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7916229 | Liquid crystal display device and method for fabricating the same A liquid crystal display device includes a gate line on a substrate; a data line crossing the gate line with a gate insulating film interposed between the gate line and the data line to define a pixel region; a thin film transistor at the crossing of the gate line a... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7872697 | Thin film transistor array panel for liquid crystal display capable of achieving an inversion drive A VA mode LCD obtains a wide viewing angle without forming cutouts or protrusions in the common electrode. A pixel electrode has a cutout; a direction control electrode overlaps the cutout; a first storage electrode overlaps the pixel electrode; and a second storage... | 01/18/2011 |
| RE41927 | TFT LCD device having multi-layered pixel electrodes In a TFT LCD device comprising a substrate, at least one thin film transistor formed on the substrate, having a source electrode and a drain electrode, an insulating layer formed over the whole surface of the substrate on which the thin film transistor is formed, ha... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7808567 | Pixel structures, methods of forming the same and multi domain vertical alignment LCDs A pixel structure is provided. The pixel structure comprises a lower substrate with a transistor and pixel area; a first patterned conductive layer, which has a data line and a gate within the transistor area that is disposed on the lower substrate; a patterned insu... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7796203 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device including gate wiring parts for supplying a scanning signal to switching elements formed in a matrix form in a display area, and source wiring parts for supplying a video signal to the switching elements, the liquid crystal display de... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7791679 | Alternative thin film transistors for liquid crystal displays Alternative thin film transistors for liquid crystal displays are disclosed. The alternative transistors can be used for panels of displays such as liquid crystal displays (LCDs), especially those having alternative pixel arrangements. These transistors can be orien... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7764327 | Display device A display device includes a first switching transistor, a first driving transistor connected to the first switching transistor, a second switching transistor including an input terminal connected to an output terminal of the first switching transistor, a second driv... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7764328 | Organic electroluminescent display device An organic electroluminescent display device comprises a substrate including a display region, and a pad region in a periphery of the display region, the display region including a pixel region; a gate pad, a data pad and a power pad in the pad region, the gate pad,... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7760279 | Display panel and method of forming thereof A panel a gate line on a first substrate, a gate insulating layer covering the gate line, a semiconductor layer on the gate insulating layer, a data line intersecting the gate line and including a source electrode and a drain electrode facing the source electrode on... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7755709 | Liquid crystal display device having dummy contact holes and fabrication method thereof Disclosed is a liquid crystal display (LCD) device having gate and data driving elements with improved heat dissipation properties. The driving elements each have the following: a source and a drain electrode, each with contact holes that provide electrical contact ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7738048 | Liquid crystal display device and method for manufacturing the same The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device to be operated at high speed and with high precision by improving performance of a thin-film transistor without increasing cross capacity of gate lines and data lines. On an upper layer of a gate insulat... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7714949 | TFT LCD array substrate and manufacturing method thereof A TFT LCD array substrate and manufacturing method thereof are provided. In the TFT LCD array substrate, a part of the drain electrode of the thin film transistor that is connected with the pixel electrode is overlapped with the common electrode that is formed to in... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7683977 | Display device and method of manufacturing the display device A wiring layer includes a signal line and covers a predetermined portion on a source region and a drain region of a crystalline silicon layer. A gate insulating layer is on the crystalline silicon layer and the wiring layer. A gate electrode layer above the gate ins... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7643100 | Method for forming finely-structured parts, finely-structured parts formed thereby, and product using such finely-structured part In a formation method for forming a fine structure in a workpiece (30) containing an etching control component, using an isotropic etching process, a mask (32, 34) having an opening (36) is applied to the workpiece, and the workpiece is etched w... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7619697 | Method for fabricating thin film pattern, liquid crystal display panel and method for fabricating thereof using the same A method of fabricating a thin film pattern according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises forming an organic material pattern on a substrate, forming a metal material of liquid phase on a substrate provided with the organic material pattern, hardenin... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7602454 | Liquid crystal display and method for fabricating the same A liquid crystal display and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. The method for fabricating a liquid crystal display includes preparing an insulating substrate defining a TFT region of a pixel portion, forming an active layer on the substrate to cover t... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7595849 | Display device and manufacturing method thereof The present invention is to reduce display unevenness in a display device caused by dispersion of energy density of a laser beam. It is difficult for a periodical pattern to be recognized as display unevenness in display image. The display device of the present inve... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7589799 | Active array substrate for a liquid crystal display An active array substrate for an LCD is disclosed. The active array substrate uses one end of the second scan line to electrically connect to the first scan line and electrically insulates the remaining second scan line from the first scan line. Accordingly, the sec... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7545451 | Liquid crystal display device with improved heat dissipation properties and fabrication method thereof, having dummy contact hole between channels Disclosed is a liquid crystal display (LCD) device having gate and data driving elements with improved heat dissipation properties. The driving elements each have the following: a source and a drain electrode, each with contact holes that provide electrical contact ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7532267 | Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of gate lines and data lines crossing each other to define a plurality of pixel regions, a plurality of thin film transistors, each disposed in one of the pixel regions, and a plurality of pixel electrodes, each d... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7486343 | TFT array panel having a two-portion coupling electrode extending from drain electrode in different directions with first portion extending along a gap between two overlapping subpixel electrodes thereon and second portion extending in same direction as data line A thin film transistor array panel including a substrate; a gate line formed on the substrate; a gate insulating layer formed on the gate line; a semiconductor layer formed on the gate insulating layer; a data line formed on the semiconductor layer; a drain electrod... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7474362 | Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same Disclosed are liquid crystal display devices having an integrated driving circuit allowing a large area panel to be manufactured. This is achieved through low resistance wiring by forming a second gate wiring with a clad structure on top of a first gate wiring of lo... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7460189 | Manufacturing method of a display device using a two-layered resist The present invention realizes the two-layered resist structure for obtaining a half exposure pattern of high sensitivity and high accuracy and a manufacturing method of a display device which includes thin film transistors which are formed using the two-layered res... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7443457 | Liquid crystal display device having polycrystalline silicon thin film transistor and method of fabricating the same A method of fabricating an array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes forming an alignment key on a substrate having a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region; forming an amorphous silicon layer on the alignment key; ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436477 | Active substrate, display apparatus and method for producing display apparatus An active substrate is provided, which comprises a switching element comprising a first drive region and a second drive region, a signal line being connected to the first drive region, a pixel electrode connected to the second drive region, a first layer comprising ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436462 | Liquid crystal display panel A liquid crystal display panel including an active device array substrate, an opposite substrate, a plurality of patterned electrodes, and a liquid crystal layer is provided. The active device array substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of scan lines, a plural... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436466 | Repairing method of a thin film transistor array substrate A method for repairing the storage capacitor on gate or the storage capacitor on common line is described. A portion area of the each pixel electrode is disposed above one of the scan lines or one of the common lines. An upper electrode is disposed between the pixel... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436461 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device is formed wherein pattern defects generated during the process are eliminated to reduce the need for repairs. In the device, a trench-shaped hole is defined by patterning a passivation layer and a gate-insulating layer at the peripher... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7427780 | Semiconductor device and method of fabricating same There is disclosed a method of fabricating a thin-film transistor having excellent characteristics. Nickel element is held in contact with selected regions of an amorphous silicon film. Then, thermal processing is performed to crystallize the amorphous film. Subsequ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7420531 | Liquid crystal display device and method of driving the same A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of data lines disposed in a first direction on a substrate; a plurality of gate lines disposed in a second direction on the substrate, a plurality of pixels defined by intersections of the gate and data lines in a... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418117 | Liquid crystal display device performing both image display mode and fingerprint recognition mode Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device of novel construction, in which a fingerprint recognition device is integrally formed with the liquid crystal display device, thereby minimizing the increase in the price and size of a final product. The liquid crystal di... | 08/26/2008 |
